Railway-tie and fastening.



L, 0. BNGLB. RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24; 1911.

Patented A 29, 911.

a SHEETFBHBETI.

M J Q L. G. ENGLE.

RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENING.

APPLICATION IVILED APR.24,1911.

1,001,938. Patented A .29,1911. I

3 SHEETS-SHEET i M By ltorlley L. C. ENGLE.

RAILWAY TI E AND FASTENING. uruoumn rnmn APR. 24, 1911.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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- sist'iltg of a pair of inverted T beams IlODONZO C. ENG-LE, OF KELLER, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-TEE AND FASTENING.

Applicatiop filed April 24, 191d. Serial No. 622,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lononzo ('l'IilNoLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keller. in the county of Jetferson and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful. In'ipi'ovements in B 'nlway-Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a n'ptwll'lttltltlll.

My invention relates to railway tiesadapted for steam. electric or other railways and means for securing the rails to the ties.

My invention has for its object to provide a tie which is adapted to be constructed of metal which will be coinparat'ively inexpensive to construct and will be practically imle'struetible.

A further object of the invention is to provide 'astening means for securing rails to ties whiel i may be readily put in place and. will hold the rail firmly in place without. liability to creeping.

-A further olliject of the invention to provide a tie and fastening means adapted to permitadju'stnient; of gage.

\Vith these and other objects hereinafter explained in View, my invention consists in the construction and combination of elements hereiiiafterideseribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the di'awings-l igure 1 is aside elevation showing one end of a tie having my improved fastening means a -,v

plied thereto, Fig. 2 is an end view of tie tie and fastening means shown in Fi 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof one o the securing;hooks with the cross connecting means, ltigx l-is a plan view of the plate on which the rail rests on the rail supporting.

member, Fig. is. aside elevation o a modil ied town of base member, Fig. (l is an end view of tlie n'iodilital form Sl'lOWIhlll Fig. 5, and ltig. 7 is a perspective view of the inverted U-shaped portion of the'base member shown in Figs. 5 and G.

in the drawings 1 is a rail su 'iporting member or base member, here shown as conarranged side by side and preferably having their flanges-t rned up slightly at their outer edges to facilitate tamping, as shown at 2. The upwardly extending webs 3- of these T bean'ls are suitably apertured to re-ceivebolts. t and. 5 which are nirallel, and eaeh extend through the legs 3 ofboth beams.

Upon the upper edges-of the webs 3 of the, T beams rests a plate 7 notched at oppo- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1.911..

each supporting member 1 extends to and abuts at its ends against the end of the plate 7 of the next base member, thus spat:- ing the base members apart and being'thus held against creeping. The notches 8 are immediatelyabove the bolts land 5 when the device is assembled. ()n the plate 7 a strip of non-metallic. resilient material, such as ruhheroid or wood fiber, 11, upon which the rail 12 rests. This strip of rubberoid or wood fiber gives some resiliency, deadens noise, and may also be made use of as a part of means for insulating the rails. Th e' plate 7 provided with apertures 8),

through :whieh pins 10 extend into engage- "lhe hooks have their lower ends formed withopen loops [4, so as to bereadily engaged with and disengaged from the bolts at and 5. Near the ends 15 the hooks 13 are formed with an offset 17, having an open-- ing therein to receive. the endot' a rod 18, the other end oi which is provided with a book 19 to engage the bolt 4 or ti opposite that which carries the book 13, to which the rod 18 is secured.

The outer end of the rod 18 is screw threaded to receive a nut 20. secure the rail in position, the-hooksli-l are engaged with the bolts 4 and 5 and t'heirnp-' per ends are swung into the. notches 8 of'the plate 7, and their serrated faces 16 are caused to engage the opposite flanges of the rail. The rods 18 are then plaeed in position and the nuts 20 screwed upon their ends. This forces the upper ends ofthe hooks in,- ward, causing them to clamp the rail firmly in place. Suitable look nuts will of. course be used to prevent nuts 20 from becoming loose. A

In Figs. 5 t) and 7 I have shown a modified form-of the invention, in. which an invented U-shaped bar 21 rests a )o'n the up. er edges of the webs 3 o f the beams: 'Fhe flanges of this inverted U-shuped bar extend in order to down below the plane of the bolts 4 and 5, and are provided with slots 22 and 23 to receive these bolts. ".lhese flanges rest, against the outer faces of the webs 3 of the T beams, and the bolts 4 and 5 unite the inverted U-shaped bar and the T beams into acomplete railway tie. Two inverted U- shaped bars are employed with each tie, these bars being eaeh only slightly longer than the width of. the bottom of the rail. The ends of these bars are preferably notched, as shown books 13.

13y reason of the fact that the plates 7 abut one'against another, they form a practically continuous bed for the rail.

By screwing up the nut on one of the rods 18 and unscrewing the corresponding nut on the other rod, the rail 'may bemoved in or out, as may be found necessary to adjust'its position to gage. In thus moving the rail in or out the inverted U-shaped bar moves with the rail, the slots 22 and 23 permitting this movement, while the bolts at and 5 remain permanently in position.

The fastening means also permits the rails to be leveled up to some extent by adjusting the nuts 20, though if substantial change in level is necessary, hooks 13,91?

' between the base member and the mg notches formed 11! its ()PlWSlllttSltlOF, a

reach hook and the greater or less length, may be substituted for those in use before leveling up.

- It will of course be i'nnlerstood that I do notdesire to. be limited-to the use of par tieular materials for any of the parts of the devices above described, nor do I wish to be limited to details of construction and arrangement, it being obvious thatmany changes in the form and details of eoi'istruction may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.-

at 24:, to receive the Having thus described my invention, what,

I claim is 2' v 1. In a rail way tie a-base supporting menr,

ber, a'pair' of bolts extending througl1 thebase member,,a hook carried by: eaehlblt having its upper ends adapted to engage the dlange of a rail and connect ions ,hetwe e1i belt: which carries the other hook.

2. In a railway tie. a base member, a plate ail havpair of bolts;extending through the base member, a hook carried by each bolt extend- 5-5 'ng through-a notch of said plate. and-haw 1112' its upper ends adapted to engage a ing the its under side adapted to engage the flange of a rail. and adjusaable emineetions between each book and the bolt which carries the other'hook.

41-. 1h a railway tie, a base member having parallel upwardly extending webs, bolts tending through the webs, a plate resting on the upper edges of the webs, a resilient. nonmetallie strip resting on the plate, a rail resting on the non-metallic strip, hooks carried by the bolts engaging the rail and plate, and means for clamping the hooks against the flange of the rail.

5. In a railway tie, a base member having parallel upwardly extending webs, bolts passing through the webs, a plate resting on the upper edges of: the .webs having nob-hes in its opposite edges, pins extending through the plate into engagement with the webs, hooks carried by the bolts, each having its upper end adapted to extend through a notch in the plate and to engage the flange of the rail, and means for clamping the hooll'fs against the flange ot' the rail.

T). In -a railway tie, a rail supporting member, an inverted U-shapr-d bar resting on the rail supporting member with its flanges extemliug downward, a pair of bolts extending through the supporting member and the. flanges oi the inverted U-shaped bar, a hook carried by each bolt, having its upper end adapted to engage the flange of a rail, and adjustable eonneetions between ea-eh hook and the other bolt ot' the pair.

; 7.;In a railway tie, a base. member, an inreared U-shaped bar resting on the base benwith its flanges extending downnd provided with slots, a pair of bolts extending through the base member and through the slots of the inverted U- shaped bar, hooks carried by eaeh of the bolts, having their upper ends adapted, to ei'igage' the flange of a rail and adjustable eonneetions between each book and the other bolt of the pair.

LODONZO ENGLE. 

